Hello Mark, I live at the foot of the Snowdonia mountains in Gwynedd, North Wales. Since my wife and I acquired some 60 acres of woodlands and fields in 2002 I have been planting trees from all over the world. It was of course very exciting to receive my Wollemia nobilis in May this year. I planted it on 25.05.2006 in our arboretum, exactly one year after Sir Richard Attenborough planted the first specimen in Kew gardens. In June of this year Wollemia shed its polar cap and new growth started to appear. Since then it has made some fantastic growth. It was 65 cm high on planting and when I measured it last week it was 104 cm high, a growth therefore of 39 cm! In September I received my second Wollemia from you and it has since joined Wollemia I. Both trees are situated in a sunny clearing amongst ancient Welsh oaks, which gives good protection against exposure. The soil is slightly acid. There was a lot of bracken in the area, which I now have brought under control. Apart from the friendly mycorrhizal fungi, which came with the trees and which I spread around the roots, the only other feed I used on planting was a handful of bonemeal. We have a lot of berries on the hawthorns and hollies this year. Thus according to folklore it is going to be a cold winter. I will therefore take no chances and give my Wollemias some good winter protection during the first few seasons. Accompanying the two Wollemias is one Gingko biloba, another great survivor, and an Araucaria angustifolia. There is a remarkable resemblance between Wollemia and A. angustifolia and it is not surprising that Wollemia is thought to be related to the Araucariaceae. I will keep you informed on how my trees will do in future and I wish all the best to other tree/Wollemia enthusiasts who are taking part in this noble undertaking to help Wollemia once again spread out all over the globe!